Safety binding straps for skis



Dec. 2, 1969 G. P. J. SALOMON 3,481,617

SAFETY BINDING STRAPS FOR SKIS Filed Dec. 6, 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FlG.3

INVENTOR ATTQRNEY G. P. J. SALOMON Dgc. 2, 1969 SAFETY BINDING STRAPS FOR SKIS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 6, 1967 FIG. 5

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ATFWRNEY INVENTOR G eor ges EIJZflMIA' United States Patent U.S. Cl. 280-1135 9 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A binding strap for winding around a users ankle to hold a ski against the ankle and over which a resilient band is fastened that is to be used to tie back to back the ski to another ski by passing the rubber band around a boot attachment on one of the skis after the strap is wound around the two skis.

The present invention relates to a safety binding strap for ski adapted, besides serving to hold the boot against the ski, to be used to tie together two skis back to back for transportation purposes, for instance.

According to the invention, the strap or straps used to hold the boots and made of flexible and/ or inextensible material, such as leather, comprises a resilient member such as made of rubber arranged either along or at the end of the strap or one of the strands thereof, either between the ski or the attachment and one or the other of the said strands or between the latter. The said straps, when the skis are carried or more generally when they are not being used, are Wound about the said skis and hooked on one of the attachments of one of the skis by means of the resilient member.

The resilient member for hooking the skis may advantageously be used for other purposes as for instances to help keeping the straps tight around the users ankles and/ or to prevent that the portion of the strap comprised between the fixed end and the ankle be too long which could cause undesired hooking.

It is believed that the invention will be better understood by the description that follows having reference to the appended drawing of preferred embodiments of the invention given by way of non-limitative examples.

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a ski provided with binding straps improved according to the invention;

FIGS. 2 and 3 are partial perspective views of two other embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of a pair of skis held together by means of binding straps made according to the invention;

FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 are partial perspective views of other embodiments of the invention;

In FIG. 1, a rear attachment, solid with ski 2, is provided with a strap 3 extending through a ring 4 and closeable over the users ankle by means of closures 5. The strap further comprises a resilient member 7, such as a rubber band or the like held by fasteners 6 such as stitches or rivets. The resilient member 7 makes its possible to hook the strap 3 on one or the other of the attachments after the strap has been wound around the ski. The resilient member may also be arranged according to that numbered 8 so that the strap 3 be loose in between its fastening points 9.

The strap 10 of FIG. 2, solid with attachment 1, may be closed upon itself by means of a fastening buckle riveted on the strap, this riveting clamping a resilient band 11 which may be gripped when the strap is locked or unlocked, besides being used for tying skis together.

3,481,617 Patented Dec. 2, 1969 ice In FIG. 3, the strap 16 is solid withattachrnent 1 as in FIG. 1 and may be closed by fastening buckles 5 over the users ankle. A resilient band 17 is held byfastene'rs 18 on the said strap and serves to hook the skistogether so that they may be carried. The resilient band advantageously gives a certain resiliency to the strap when the latter is hooked around the users ankle.

FIG. 4 illustrates how skis 2 are held together for carrying purposes by means of straps 20 such as those described in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, wound around the said skis and hooked, while in taut condition, by means of the resilient elements passed around the forward attachment 21 or the rearward attachment 1 of the skis.

In FIG. 5, the attachment 1 which is solid with the ski comprises a strap 26 which may be closed around the users ankle by means of a closure mechanism 5. A resilient member 28 such as a rubber band is provided between this mechanism and the fastening point 27 of the strap, the strap being then hooked onto one of the attachments by means of this rubber band after it has wound around the skis.

FIG. 6 only differentiates from the preceding one in that the resilient member 30 is provided in loose condition between the fastening point 27 of the strap 26 on the attachment 1 and the said strap to which it is fastened by means of riveting 31.

In FIG 7, the strap 36 extends through a ring 37 of the attachment 1 and may be closed around the users ankle by fastening buckles 5. One end of a resilient band 38 is made solid with one of the fastening buckles 5, the other end 39 of the resilient band 38 being held on ski 2 as by means of a screw. The resilient band, as illustrated in FIG. 4, serves for booking the strap on one of the attachments of skis held back to back.

I claim:

1. A strap and band combination for surrounding an ankle of a skier to retain one ski to said ankle and to tie two skis together, the combination comprising,

a flexible strap fixed to said one ski for normally surrounding the skiers ankle and also adapted to hold together two skis back to back, the said strap having means to lock said strap around the skiers ankle,

a resilient band fastened at least at one end to said strap and disposed outside said strap, said resilient band being adapted to be hooked to a projection member on said one ski after said said strap is wound around both skis for tightening said strap around both skis to hold them firmly together.

2. A combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein said strap is fixed, at the center thereof, to said ski thus defining two strapstrands and said resilient band is fastened to one of said strands at distant points thereon.

3. A combination asjclaimed in claim 2, wherein said resilient band, in unstretched condition, is shorter than the distance between said distant points.

4. A combination as claimed in claim 2, wherein said resilient band, in unstretched condition, is longer than the distance between said distant points.

5. A combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein said strap is fixed, at the center thereof, to said ski thus defining two strap strands and said resilient band has one end fastened to one strand and the other end fastened to the other strand.

6. A combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein both ends of said resilient band are both fastened to said strap locking means.

7. A combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein both ends of said resilient band are fastened at a point intermediate the ends of said strap and to said skis, respectively.

8. A combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein both FOREIGN PATENTS endsof said "resilient'bandare fastened to said locking 4/ 9 Australia: means and to said ski, respectively. 151:062 10/1937 Austria 9. A combination as clainied in claim 1, wherein said 1,483,763 5/1967 France strap is fixed, at the center thereof, to said ski thus defin- 5 ing two strap strands and said resilient band is fastened LEO FRIAGLIAPrimary Examiner z fi 8 ran 3 8 MILTON L. SMITH, Assistant Exam ner References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 280-1137 3,272,526 9/1966 Rumaner.

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